Omaha Women’s Tennis lost to CSUN by a score of 4-1 in Northridge, California, on March 19. The match marked the start of Omaha’s west coast trip.
The Mavericks, now with a record of 9-8, secured the doubles point at the beginning of the contest but were unable to win any singles matches against the Matadors, who improved their record to 8-6. Junior Khayli Buckels and senior Sumer Shannon won their No. 3 doubles match against Satsuki Ishikawa and Madison Shepperson with a score of 6-1. Sophomores Nina Wiese and Katelynn Kock also contributed by winning the No. 1 doubles match, defeating Angela Ho and Nicole West, 6-3.
Head coach Adam Summitt said, “CSUN is a really good, disciplined team. The conditions were very hot for us, and we had a tough time adjusting to the heat and our opponents. We started strong in doubles. We just could not close out sets in singles. We had four singles matches where the first set was within reach, but we did not convert, and the momentum flipped. That was the deciding factor in our results. We must try to be better on Saturday against a tough UC Riverside team in the same weather conditions.”
In singles play, Omaha was unable to secure any victories before CSUN clinched the overall win. Notably, two singles matches remained unfinished when play concluded.
Omaha will continue its road trip on Saturday, March 21, facing UC Riverside at 1 p.m. Central Time.
